New Mayor Presents City Finance and Lighting Plans
The mayor proposes a separate lamp department to improve street lighting efficiency and outlines potential municipal lighting, gas lamp contracts, and cost savings. He calls for careful study of a municipal lighting plant, preserves lamp contracts, and suggests mantle-lamp clusters as a cost-cutting measure. The address also discusses extending pension systems, centralizing purchases, and strengthening the city auditor’s powers, plus detailed borrowing capacity and debt figures for 1906.
Sullivan resigns as Boston water commissioner
Water commissioner Ekugene S Sullivan resigned to Mayor after inauguration exercises. The move surprised friends who expected retention, cited closer ties with Congressman William S McNary as barring reappointment. Term would have lasted to April 1907. annual salary five thousand dollars. Letter to Mayor Fitzgerald ends with signature WUGENERS SULLIVAN.
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Ekugene S. Sullivan
Friends of the Water Commissioner
Sullivan
William S. McNary
James H. Doyle
John F. Fitzgerald
City of
Boston
Fitzgerald's Busy First Day as Mayor Delivers Edicts
New Mayor John F. Fitzgerald moved to halt $179,485.50 in contracts from the Whelton era and ordered immediate salary rollbacks to September 16, 1905 levels across departments. Barrett elected Common Council president and a push to name an Aldermanic chairman follows.
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Fitzgerald
Ilis
Barrett
Inauguration Day Ovations for Mayor Fitzgerald at City Hall
A massive City Hall crowd witnesses John F. Fitzgerald sworn in by Chief Justice Knowlton. The day features record ovations from ex-mayors, aldermen, and a packed council chamber. Fitzgerald greets guests, delivers a masterly inaugural address, and hosts multiple receptions before returning to Boston for further celebrations. Notable attendees include ex-Mayors Hart Quincy and Matthews, Acting Mayor Whelton, and numerous civic figures.
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City Hall
John F. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Hart
Quincy and Matthews
Daniel A. Whelton
Charles H. Slattery
W. T. A. Fitzgerald
Democratic City Committee
M. P. Curran
Council Chamber
Leary
Knowlton
Supreme Judicial Court
Superintendent Donovan may resign from city street department
Rumor says Superintendent James Donovan plans to resign to Mayor Fitzgerald today or yesterday afternoon and seeks relief from duties. He reportedly contemplates an extended European trip and would leave office promptly if he steps down.
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James Donovan
Street Department
Fitzgerald
City Hall
Donovan
Mayor Orders Salary Uniformity Across City Departments
Early yesterday Mayor Fitzgerald sent a message to department heads directing restoring salaries to the levels in effect on September 16 last year across all city departments. The communication appears to have been sent to the heads of departments for immediate action.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Whelton
Collins
Fitzgerald
Reception at City Hall Marks Mayor Inauguration
A lavish City Hall reception followed the inauguration with a crowd of women in stylish gowns and profuse floral displays. Ex Senator Charles S Sullivan and Mrs Sullivan led the first greetings to Mayor Fitzgerald, followed by Mrs Fitzgerald and family in formal attire.
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City Hall
Fitzgerald
Charles S. Sullivan
Eunice
Thomas
John, Jr
Fitz Dines Council at Lunch with Mayor Fitzgerald
All city officials join Mayor John F. Fitzgerald for a cordial luncheon at Quincy House. Toasts celebrate the new mayor and harmony among Aldermen and Common Council, with remarks on making Boston better.
A DIMPLE MAKER Scott Emulsion Advertisement Style
A promotional copy touts Scott's Emulsion as a cure for malnourished children. It contrasts healthy dimples and rounded limbs with pale thin bodies, claiming the product provides nourishing fat that is easily digested and speeds recovery.
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Scott
Mayor Fitzgerald to preside at Redmond meeting
Boston mayor John F. Fitzgerald accepted an invitation from the United Irish League of Boston to preside at a mass meeting in Faneuil Hall on Thursday January 11. The event aims to aid John E. Redmond and the Irish parliamentary party in the general election campaign in Great Britain and Ireland.
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Redmond
John F. Fitzgerald
City Hall
United Irish League of Boston
Faneuil Hall
John E. Redmond
Irish Parliamentary Party
Great Britain
Ireland
Barrett Heads City Council In Vote For Presidency
Councilman William J. Barrett of Ward 18 was elected president of the Boston Common Council with 39 votes to 29 for Malcolm F. Nichols. Leo F. McCullough won four votes. Joseph O’lkane was reappointed clerk, with John K. Dever and Edward J. Leary reappointed as clerks of committees and city messenger. An order for a Jan 11 referandum on a municipal gas and electric heating plant was introduced. The council adjourned to next Thursday evening.
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Fitzgerald
Whelton
Malcolm E. Nichols
Ward 10
Common Council
William J. Barrett
Ward 18
Nichols
D. T. O'Connell
Post
Malcolm FE. Nichols
Leo F. McCullough
Wardle
Joseph O'lkane
John K. Dever
Edward J. Leary
City Messenger
Board of Aldermen
McCullough
Boston
Commissioners Reinstated To Schoolhouse Posts By Mayor
Mayor Fitzgerald restored R Clipton Sturgis Joseph J Corbett and William E E Logue to the Board of Schoolhouse Commissioners after removing Richard P Hood Peter F Tague and Henry V Macksey. The acting mayor had no power for permanent appointments and Hood Wague and Macksey were informally ousted. The former appointees did not appear to contest the decision, as prevailing opinion favored the mayor’s action.
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Joseph J. Corbett
William EE. Logue
Fitzgerald
Whelton
Richard P. Hood
Peter F. Tague
Henry V. Macksey
Schoolhouse Commission
Board of
Schoolhouse Commissioners
Messrs. Hood
Wague
Macksey
Mayor appoints Richard Field Ward 6 messenger
The Mayor named Richard Field to the office messenger post in the Mayor's department with a $1200 yearly salary, succeeding Patrick Henry Fahey who recently moved to the treasury. Field is an longtime ally in Ward 6 where Fitz first rose to influence.
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Richard Field
Patrick Henry Fahey
Treasury Department
Field
Fitz
Correcting Bad Habits Not Enough for Liver Health
To cure a torpid liver more is needed than reforming habits. Diet and living changes help, but Nature must be assisted to restore liver and bowel function. Low spirits and reduced endurance result from improper liver action, requiring action to restore tone and activity.
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